15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all[a] creation,

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  1. Colossians 1:15 Translated as a genitive of subordination (Wallace, GGBB, 104)

who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all things by the word of power.[a] When he[b] had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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  1. Hebrews 1:3 Some manuscripts have “by the word of his power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down”
  2. Hebrews 1:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had made”) which is understood as temporal